[Polyradiculoneuritis and infectious hepatitis: report of a case]

A case of the Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome ( GBSS ) in a 7 year-old-patient convalescing from infectious hepatitis possibly by virus A is presented. The GBSS represent a rare complication from this disease and in more than 50% of all cases reported in the literature it appeared after the icteric phase. Other neurologic complications are described as follows: cranial nerve involvement, encephalitis, myelitis, meningitis, peripheral neuropathy, tremor syndrome, behaviour dysfunction and focal neurological signs.